- Lapita culture arrives (900 BC)
- Polynesian Plain Ware period (700 BC - 400 AD)
- Tu'i Tonga Empire (10th century - 1865 AD)
- Abel Tasman and Netherlands arrive (1643)
- Captain Cook and England arrive (18th century)
- Tonga civil war begins (1799)
- Tu'i Kanokupolu unites Tonga (1845)
- British Kingdom of Tonga (1900-1970)
- Tonga gains independence (1970)
- Nuku'alofa riots (2006)
(This post includes any nation or civilization that occupied at least a portion of Tonga at some point. Unless specified otherwise, the dates correspond to when a nation or civilization existed, but do not necessarily correspond to occupation of Tonga.)
